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The strategy of story: Why vision and authenticity are the future of digital design
Digital Transformation

The strategy of story: Why vision and authenticity are the future of digital design

Digital design is shifting from surface beauty to story-led strategy, where clear vision and authentic brands define lasting success.

By Charis Yap • 3 min read • Fri, 6th Mar 2026
Arcadian's AI integrations to save logistics firms USD $20m
Customer Relationship Management

Arcadian's AI integrations to save logistics firms USD $20m

Arcadian's AI logistics integrations are set to deliver more than USD $20m in efficiency savings for four Australian operators.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 5 min read • Fri, 6th Mar 2026

Global Stories

Small Business (SMB) stories

MSPs warned as cyber criminals weaponise trusted access
Firewalls

MSPs warned as cyber criminals weaponise trusted access

Cyber criminals are hijacking MSP trust relationships, abusing valid credentials and VPNs as AI turbocharges phishing and ransomware.

By Catherine Knowles • 4 min read • Fri, 6th Mar 2026
International Women's Day: The Australian entrepreneur proving you don't have to scale fast to succeed
Customer Experience

International Women's Day: The Australian entrepreneur proving you don't have to scale fast to succeed

Ahead of IWD 2026, Craft Club's Nakisah Williams champions slow, sustainable growth over blitzscaling as a new model of female leadership.

By Nakisah Williams • 3 min read • Fri, 6th Mar 2026
International Women's Day - women, confidence, and the credit gap
Fintech

International Women's Day - women, confidence, and the credit gap

Ahead of International Women's Day, new research exposes how shattered confidence, bias and complexity fuel a stubborn credit gap for women.

By Natalie Ip • 4 min read • Fri, 6th Mar 2026
Style, substance, and strategy: Drawing similarities between pageantry and PR
Partner Programmes

Style, substance, and strategy: Drawing similarities between pageantry and PR

From runway to boardroom, Australia's pageant stage doubles as a high-stakes PR lab for purpose-driven personal branding in 2026.

By Aleesha Naxakis • 4 min read • Fri, 6th Mar 2026
Slow patching leaves SMB endpoints exposed for weeks
IT Automation

Slow patching leaves SMB endpoints exposed for weeks

Acronis finds SMBs patch Microsoft flaws in about eight days, but the slowest endpoints stay exposed to known bugs for over five weeks.

By Shannon Williams • 4 min read • Fri, 6th Mar 2026

Stories from Other Regions

Small Business (SMB) stories

Delta unveils zero-deductible cyber cover in Singapore
Data Analytics

Delta unveils zero-deductible cyber cover in Singapore

Delta launches zero-deductible cyber cover in Singapore, promising instant quotes via a five-point digital assessment for SMEs across Asia.

By Catherine Knowles • 4 min read • Fri, 6th Mar 2026
Give to gain: How sponsoring women strengthens national security
Firewalls

Give to gain: How sponsoring women strengthens national security

Sponsoring women into senior cyber roles is emerging as a strategic lever to plug talent gaps and bolster New Zealand's national security.

By Misti Landtroop • 4 min read • Fri, 6th Mar 2026
Women in STEM: Unlocking Canada's innovation potential
Artificial Intelligence

Women in STEM: Unlocking Canada's innovation potential

Women now outnumber men in Canadian post-secondary study, yet remain sidelined in STEM and AI roles, threatening innovation and competitiveness.

By Cinzia Bazzo • 5 min read • Fri, 6th Mar 2026
QuSecure wins USD $3.9m AFWERX deal for quantum security
Firewalls

QuSecure wins USD $3.9m AFWERX deal for quantum security

QuSecure lands a USD $3.9m AFWERX contract to mature quantum-resilient encryption for sensitive US Air Force Global Strike missions.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 3 min read • Fri, 6th Mar 2026
Canada urged to back women in STEM to power AI growth
EduTech

Canada urged to back women in STEM to power AI growth

Canada's tech leaders say closing the gender gap in STEM is vital to ethical AI and digital growth, urging targeted support for women.

By Sean Mitchell • 5 min read • Fri, 6th Mar 2026
KYND hires Aaron Aanenson to lead US cyber insurance
Ransomware

KYND hires Aaron Aanenson to lead US cyber insurance

KYND appoints Aaron Aanenson to spearhead its North American cyber insurance push, targeting sharper SME risk assessment and underwriting.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • Fri, 6th Mar 2026
The dominant dialect… and why ChatGPT thought I was a man
Fintech

The dominant dialect… and why ChatGPT thought I was a man

A writer discovers AI assumed she was a man, exposing how male-coded authority and historical bias still shape modern language models.

By Caroline Duong (CFA) • 3 min read • Thu, 5th Mar 2026
Why women entrepreneurs must own their digital identity
Blockchain

Why women entrepreneurs must own their digital identity

Women founders risk empires built on rented platforms; owning domains turns digital identity into an asset they control and can scale.

By Rachel Sterling • 4 min read • Thu, 5th Mar 2026
Intuit unveils QuickBooks tools for Making Tax Digital
Financial Systems

Intuit unveils QuickBooks tools for Making Tax Digital

Intuit rolls out new QuickBooks tools to help sole traders and landlords gear up for HMRC's Making Tax Digital income tax rules.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • Thu, 5th Mar 2026
EASI launches 2026 social impact awards for UK founders
Clean technologies

EASI launches 2026 social impact awards for UK founders

EASI opens applications for its 2026 awards, offering a GBP £10,000 grant and year-long support to UK founders driving social impact.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 3 min read • Thu, 5th Mar 2026